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Hide stark indignation, though they're gutted (4)

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skin

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'hide' is the definition.
(a hide is an animal skin)

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(Other definitions for skin that I've seen before include "What keeps you in" , "Hide - flay" , "External surface" , "Outer surface" , "Living tissue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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